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EXETER CHIEFS VS LEICESTER TIGERS

CONTENTS Chief Executive & Chairman: Tony Rowe OBE, Hon LLD Deputy Chief Executive: Keiron Northcott Directors: Rob Baxter OBE, Steve Byrne, Mark Champion, Brian Lodge, Chris Over Managing Director: Natasha Pavis Sales and Marketing Director: Lisa Duncan Finance Director: Nicky Teague Administration Director: Toni Percival President: Bob Staddon Director of Rugby: Rob Baxter OBE, Hon LLD Head Coach: Ali Hepher Coaches: Rob Hunter, Ricky Pellow, Omar Mouniemne, Haydn Thomas, Gareth Steenson Academy Manager: Rob Gibson Team Manager: Tony Walker Head of Strength & Conditioning: Mark Twiggs Director of Sports Medicine: Adrian Harris Head of Sports Medicine: Jamie Fulton Corporate Account Manager: Sam McIntyre 01392 890879 - (M) 07741 146980 Media & Communications Manager: Mark Stevens Community Development Manager: Aron Struminski Merchanise Manager: Sarah Scott - 01392 890872 Design & Production: Jonny Carus Programme Editor: Mark Stevens Photography: JMP, Getty Images and Ben Marshall

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TONY ROWE ROB BAXTER CLUB NEWS CLUB NEWS CLUB NEWS PIRATES MATCH REPORT ULSTER MATCH REPORT MEN’S FIXTURES RUGBY SHORTS MEN’S SQUAD EUROPEAN NEWS OPPOSITION HEAD 2 HEAD NIGEL WALROND MEN’S SPONSORS JACK DUNNE FEATURE EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATION WOMEN’S FIXTURES WOMEN’S SQUAD TEAM LINE-UPS COMMUNITY NEWS TICKET INFORMATION

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welcome

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Over the coming weeks and months, we will witness battle after battle here at Sandy Park, it’s up to us to ensure we ultimately win the war!

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Good afternoon to you all and welcome back to Sandy Park for the opening fixture in the 2022/23 season against the reigning Gallagher Premiership champions, Leicester Tigers.

In what has been yet another very busy summer - both on and off the field - here at Sandy Park, I know there is a real sense of excitement and anticipation ahead of what should be another big season ahead.

Certainly, last weekend’s visit of the Red Roses to Exeter gave us the ideal warm-up to the new campaign, but now we are set for the main course as we prepare for nine months of mouth-watering action, featuring both our men’s and women’s sides.

Last season, I’ll admit, was difficult for Rob and his squad, particularly given their success in recent

have already used the change as an opportunity to start a new and exciting chapter in the club’s history.

Today, we start that new chapter and what better way to do that than with the visit of the Tigers

- a team who themselves have shown their own fighting spirit to get back to the summit of English rugby.

It’s certainly a tough introduction to the new

season, but it’s one which perfectly sums up the competitiveness of the Premiership.

years, but the good thing about sport is that the

Over the coming weeks and months, we will witness

game is always evolving and the challenge is to

battle after battle here at Sandy Park, it’s up to us

strive to find your next success story as quickly as

to ensure we ultimately win the war!

possible.

Our rebrand, whatever take you have on it, has allowed us to start afresh for the new season and I know the players, staff and many supporters’ alike,

TONY ROWE OBE

CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE EXETER RUGBY CLUB

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I have never set the team a target in the table before a season starts, but I have always asked them to tick off various targets as we go. The first is to collect points at every opportunity, be it wins, try bonus points and even losing bonus points.

The second is to realistically aim to be a Heineken Cup team, which currently means top eight and then as we progress, we start to target top four and then a home semifinal. The truth is that our destiny in the competition is in our hands, if we play at our potential and keep striving to improve then we will build a good season. That job starts today.

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MacDONALD BRACE HELPS ENGLAND TO RECORD-BREAKING WIN Exeter Chiefs star Claudia MacDonald helped herself to a try double as England Women claimed a record-breaking 24th Test win in a row as they saw off the USA 52-14 at Sandy Park.

MacDonald’s brace, along with scores from Jess Breach (2), Amy Cokayne (2), Natasha Hunt and Ellie Kildunne ensured it was a regulation win for Simon Middleton’s side in the first of two World Cup warmup fixtures.

In reply, MacDonald’s new club-mates Hope Rogers and Gabby Cantorna both got on the scoresheet for the visitors, whose other score was a penalty try.

For the 26-year-old, who was later named player of the match, pulling on the England jersey again was certainly something to savour, particularly after she was told last November that her career could well have been finished after she suffered a serious neck injury.

Starting on the wing, rather than her normal position of scrum-half, MacDonald said post-game: “I wasn’t necessarily planning for it so to be in the position to get a game under my belt was amazing and everything I could have wished for,” she said.

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“The last 24 hours have been really emotional, feeling excited and relieved.

I’m so grateful to be back in this place and I couldn’t have loved being out on the pitch any more.

It’s a clean slate and we just go from here and see what happens.”

The victory in front of 10,907 Sandy Park fans makes the Red Roses the first top-tier international side to win 24 Tests in a row, with their last loss coming against New Zealand in July 2019.

England’s second warm-up match will be against Wales in Bristol on September 14 and head coach Middleton will announce his World Cup squad - trimmed from the current 39 to 32 - on September 20.

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CHIEFS BRING IN AUSSIE INTERNATIONAL SIO ahead of the new campaign Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their front-row options ahead of the new 2022/23 season with the signing of experienced Australian international Scott Sio. The 30-year-old loosehead is Rob Baxter’s latest new addition, joining the club on a long-term deal from Super Rugby side, the Brumbies.

After 11 seasons with the Brumbies, Sio – who has been capped 71 times by the Wallabies – says the ‘time is right’ for him to experience a new challenge and the Chiefs is just that opportunity as he readies himself for the demands of both England and European Rugby.

“I’m super excited about the move,” he said. “It’s

“It’s going to be good coming up against some of the best teams in Europe,” he added. “Watching the Champions Cup you can see it’s a pretty special competition and I know the Premiership is going to be just as tough.

“It’s going to be physical and a lot is put on you as a forward, but that’s one of the things that attracted me to coming over. I wanted to test myself in a new team and a new environment.”

Sio is Baxter’s sixth new signing of the close season, having already brought in Leinster duo Jack Dunne and Rory O’Loughlin, as well as Aidon Davis, Ruben Van Heerden and, more recently, Solomone Kata.

something new, something fresh and I’m really looking forward to the challenge. I’ve spoken to a few boys about the club and all of them have talked it up and said it’s a great place to go and play rugby.

“Having been at the Brumbies for so long, it’s going to be a different challenge of course, but it’s one that I feel I need. I’ve played over in England and Europe before at Test level, but having that weekly challenge is going to be something new.”

Sio has watched from afar games in both the Gallagher Premiership and Heineken Champions Cup and admits at being somewhat envious at the games being played out.

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CHIEFS SQUAD PUT THROUGH THEIR PACES BY THE ROYAL MARINES “IT’S A STATE OF MIND”

Only a select few every get to wear the coveted Green Beret and become a Royal Marine, but this summer the Exeter Chiefs were given an insight into the make-up of one of Britain’s elite fighting forces.

Pre-season is a necessary evil ahead of any new campaign, but the hard work and effort put in ahead of the big kick-off can often be the difference between success and failure.

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Chiefs’ Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, admitted at the end of last season that his squad would be looking to go ‘back to basics’ in their bid to get back amongst the Gallagher Premiership frontrunners.

A new rebrand for the Devon club this summer has offered the perfect reason for times of change and this week the Chiefs squad got stuck into life at the nearby Commando Training Centre Royal Marines at

to Woodbury Common to undergo the Marines Endurance course.

An initial two-mile, cross-country course through rugged terrain and water obstacles, the squad were then put into teams to run the four miles back to the CTC base with a ladened stretcher.

A brief respite, which included a leadership talk from RM Major Matt Gray, was then followed by another swim session and onto the last of the training tasks, the strength-sapping Mud Run in the nearby Exe Estuary.

With energy at a premium at this stage, the Chiefs had to dig deep in a series of tasks that included crawling, pushing and carrying through the thick mud.

Head of Strength & Conditioning, Mark Twiggs, himself a former Royal Marine PTI, was delighted with the effort, commitment and performance put in by the entire squad.

Lympstone to ready themselves for seasonal battle.

“We wanted to test the boys in a different

Building on the already strong links between the

environment and it’s been a while since we’ve

club and the Royal Marines, the squad reported for duty on Monday for the start of two-days intense training, all of which was aimed at not only testing their physical capabilities, but also their mental capabilities, both individually and collectively.

Day One started with work within the gym and swimming pool, but was then followed by tackling the notorious Bottom Field – a series of Commando tests (Assault Course, 200 metre Carry, plus Rope Regain) all of which are aimed to test the body to

come down to CTC and worked with the Marines on something like this,” he said. “What we’ve seen from the guys, both individually and collectively, was outstanding and it’s sure to set the foundations for what we believe will be a very strong pre-season programme.

“At the same time, I wish to thank Cpt Pete Taylor, Sgt Al Gasson, together with Chief of Staff, Lt Col Tom Evans-Jones and all the PTIs at the Commando Training Centre for their support throughout the

it’s very limit.

two days.

There was to be no let-up on Day Two for the Chiefs

“Everyone knows the link between ourselves at the

squad, who again following an early morning gym session at the club were then dispatched

Royal Marines is very strong, but this has merely helped to galavanise that bond even further.”

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UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BOLSTER THEIR LINKS WITH THE EXETER CHIEFS The University of Exeter has bolstered its long-standing partnership with the Exeter Chiefs by entering into a new strategic and sponsorship agreement.

The pivotal new partnership will not only open up new employment opportunities for Exeter students, but also help boost the profile of two of the SouthWest region’s most influential and world-leading organisations.

Building on a strong relationship stretching back decades, and pre-dating the Chiefs meteoric rise to the pinnacle of top-flight rugby, the new agreement will come into force ahead of the 2022/23 season.

The partnership will see students from the University provided with extended employability opportunities, as Graduate Business Partners with

brings together two great, global organisations to work in partnership to benefit Exeter, the SouthWest region and everyone associated with the institutions.

“We have worked as partners for a number of decades, achieving remarkable pathways for our students to meet not just their academic, but also their professional ambitions, through exceptional mentoring and coaching schemes. This new agreement will help take this relationship to the next levels, and bring real benefits to our students,

the Chiefs, across a range of departments, including

and the Chiefs, in the coming years and beyond.”

their commercial and marketing division.

Exeter Chiefs Chairman and Chief Executive,

The University’s logo and branding will also appear

Tony Rowe OBE, expressed his pleasure at the

at the Chiefs’ Sandy Park stadium, as well as adorning the kit of both the men and women’s first team squads.

Professor Lisa Roberts, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Exeter, welcomed the new partnership.

Professor Roberts said: “I am absolutely delighted that the University of Exeter has entered into this

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fabulous new partnership with the Exeter Chiefs. It

announcement, saying: “We are delighted to further underline our relationship with the University of Exeter, a partnership that has proved to be hugely successful for many years. The exchange of talent between our two organisations is a fruitful development pathway and I look forward to seeing the next generation of young stars progress both on and off the playing field.”

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T: CRANE (2), WALKER, BEATON, TUCKER C: BAZALGETTE (3), ROBSON (3)

Pirates: C Penny; R Wedlake, R Parata, J Elderkin, C Sirker; H Bazalgette, T Kessell; M Walker, W Crane, H Beaton; J Fender, W Britton, A Everett, J Stevens (capt), S Nagle-Taylor. Replacements Used: M Nelson, J Andrew, H King, J Williams, W Gibson, O White, A Schwarz, R Dawson, A Robson, S Tucker, AJ Cant Chiefs: D John (B Hammersley 2); A Relton (A Hill 34), S O’Brien, T Wyatt, B Joseland; J Simmonds (capt), T Cairns; B Keast

T: O’BRIEN, GENTRY C: J SIMMONDS (2)

(D Southworth), J Innard (O Burrows 68), J Iosefa-Scott (F Richardson 61); T Muil, C Teague; J Thorne (J Hayler 56), R Vincent, W De Boehlmer.

Referee: T Foley

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T: CRANE (2), WALKER, BEATON, TUCKER C: BAZALGETTE (3), ROBSON (3)

Ulster: S O’Brien; A Sexton, A Curtis, I Madigan, R Lyttle; J Flannery, M McDonald; C Reid, D Moore, J Toomaga-Allen; F Bradshaw-Ryan, S Carter; H Sheridan, S Reffell, J Murphy (capt). Replacements Used: E O’Sullivan, T Stewart, M Moore, G Milasinovich, A O’Connor, C Izuchukwu, M Rea, G Jones, B Burns, N Doak, J Stockdale, L Marshall, C Gilroy, S Moore, J Andrew, R Telfer, C McKee Chiefs: F Cordero; R O’Loughlin (C Ribbons h/t), I Whitten, S Kata (W Becconsall 59), O Woodburn; H Skinner, S Maunder (J Maunder 50);

T: O’BRIEN, GENTRY C: J SIMMONDS (2)

A Hepburn (J Kenny 64), J Yeandle (capt, M Norey 64), M Street (H Williams 30, P Schickerling 52); J Dunne (L Pearson 64), J Gray (J Dunne 74); R Capstick, C Tshiunza (O Leatherbarrow 67), O Leatherbarrow (R Tuima 46).

Referee: A Brace

MATCH STATS

50% 50% 136 5 P O SS ESS I O N

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MANAGEMENT

EXETER CHIEFS ALI HEPHER HEAD COACH

OMAR MOUNEIMNE DEFENCE COACH TONY WALKER TEAM MANAGER ROB GIBSON ACADEMY MANAGER ADRIAN HARRIS DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE

ROB HUNTER FORWARDS COACH

JAMIE FULTON HEAD OF SPORTS MEDICINE ADAM REUBEN CLUB DOCTOR STEVE HAW PHYSIOTHERAPIST ALEX HOLLAND PHYSIOTHERAPIST JOSH KENNEDY PHYSIOTHERAPIST

RICKY PELLOW SKILLS COACH

JONNY MARKS PHYSIOTHERAPIST CHRIS STOKES PHYSIOTHERAPIST TOM EAST SPORTS REHABILITATOR MARK TWIGGS HEAD OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING ROB BEDDARD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH

HAYDN THOMAS SENIOR COACH

JOE SATT STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH NICK COX STRENGTH & REHABILITATION COACH ARON STRUMINSKI

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER GARETH ELLIOTT HEAD OF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

ROB BAXTER OBE DIRECTOR OF RUGBY

MATT TRIBBLE / OLLIE CHALK ANALYSTS GARETH STEENSON SENIOR COACH

KYE MUNSLOW OPERATIONS & KIT MANAGER

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SHORTS RUGBY SURGERY SET TO KEEP SARRIES’ ISIEKWE OUT FOR MONTHS Saracens and England forward Nick Isiekwe will have surgery this week which will keep him out for “several months”.

The 24-year-old’s club said it had been ‘recommended to carry out a procedure’ after discussions with a consultant.

Isiekwe has already featured more than 100 times for his boyhood club - and has eight caps for Eddie Jones’ England side.

Saracens will update further on Isiekwe’s return during his rehabilitation.

FREEMAN AGREES CONTRACT EXTENSION AT NORTHAMPTON England winger Tommy Freemand has signed a new contract with Northampton Saints described as “longterm”.

Freeman, who can also play at full-back, scored 14 tries in 18 appearances for the Saints last season - and was first called up by England for the Autumn internationals and won two caps on their summer tour to Australia.

“Tommy is a bona fide freak of an athlete,” said director of rugby Phil Dowson. “He’s big, tall and fast, but he’s also ludicrously skilful as well - and rhose things combined add up to a very special player.”

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MERCER CONFIRMS RETURN TO PREMIERSHIP WITH GLOUCESTER Gloucester Rugby have signed No.8 Zach Mercer from French Top 14 champions Montpellier for the 2023-24 season.

The 25-year-old made 21 starts last season and will play out the rest of his contract there before joining the Cherry & Whites.

“I believe I can add a lot of value,” he said. “To be given the opportunity to play in the Premiership with Gloucester is one I couldn’t turn down.”

Before joining Montpellier, Mercer spent five years playing for Bath where he scored 95 points in 76 Premiership appearances.

He also has two England caps, both of which were won back in November 2018.

SPENCER IS NAMED NEW CAPTAIN OF BATH FOR 2022/23 SEASON Scrum-half Ben Spencer has been named the new captain of Bath for the 2022/23 season.

The 30-year-old has played more than 50 games for the club since moving to the Recreation Ground from Saracens in 2020.

Spencer, who has won two caps for England, succeeds team-mate Charlie Ewels in the role.

“Ben is a fantastic player, but more importantly a fantastic man,” said new head of rugby, Johann van Graan.

“He is a highly respected individual in our squad and cares deeply about his team-mates, the staff and Bath Rugby. On the field, he is a real competitor and leads by example.”-­

HARLEQUINS RE-SIGN MATTHEWS Lock Charlie Matthews has re-signed for Harlequins after leaving Japanese club Kamaishi Seawaves.

The 31-year-old - who was on trial at Exeter Chiefs during pre-season - progressed through the Quins academy and spent nine years with the club between 2009 and 2018, making 163 appearances.

He then joined Premiership rivals Wasps, before moving to ~Japan to play in the country’s first division.

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2022/23 MEN’S SQUAD JOE BAILEY 98KG (15ST 4LBS) LOCK 1.96M (6FT 5IN) 06/07/2004

RICHARD CAPSTICK (17ST 7LBS) BACK- 113KG 1.96M (6FT 5IN) ROW 13/02/2000

AIDON DAVIS (17ST 3LBS) BACK- 110KG 1.91M (6FT 2IN) ROW 29/04/1994

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WILL BECCONSALL (13ST 2LBS) SCRUM 84KG 1.83M (5FT 11IN) HALF 20/12/2002

OLI BURROWS (17ST) HOOKER 108KG 1.87M (6FT 1IN)

TOM CAIRNS (12ST 2LBS) SCRUM 78KG 1.74M (5FT 7IN) HALF 19/06/2002

FACUNDO CORDERO

SHEA CORNISH 83KG (13ST) WING 1.80M (5FT 10IN)

LUKE COWAN-DICKIE (17ST 4LBS) HOOKER 110KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN)

JACK DUNNE 120KG (18ST 10LBS) LOCK 2.03M (6FT 8IN)

DAVE EWERS (19ST 6LBS) BACK- 125KG 1.93M (6FT 4IN) ROW 03/11/1990

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85KG (13ST 2LBS) 1.77M (5FT 9IN) 31/07/1998

OLLIE DEVOTO (16ST 2LBS) CENTRE 103KG 1.94M (6FT 4IN ) 22/09/1993

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KIAN GENTRY (14ST 6LBS) CENTRE 93KG 1.87M (6FT 2IN)

JONNY GRAY (19ST) CENTRE 121KG 1.99M (6FT 6IN)

SANTIAGO GRONDONA 106KG (16ST 6LBS) 1.98M (6FT 6IN) 25/07/1998

BEN GRUBB 110KG (17ST 3LBS) BACK1.84M (6FT) ROW 11/10/2002

BEN HAMMERSLEY 92KG (14ST 4LBS) WING 1.83M (5FT 11IN)

IESTYN HARRIS (16ST 3LBS) HOOKER 104KG 1.83M (5FT 11IN)

TOM HENDRICKSON (15ST 7LBS) CENTRE 100KG 1.84M (6FT)

ALEC HEPBURN 114KG (17ST 9LBS) PROP 1.86M (6FT 1IN)

ARCHIE HILL (14ST 2LBS) CENTRE 90KG 1.78M (5FT 10IN)

HARRY HOCKING (16ST 8LBS) HOOKER 107KG 1.85M (6FT)

JOSH HODGE 85KG (13ST 3LBS) FULL1.89M (6FT 2IN) 23/05/2000 BACK

STUART HOGG 93KG (14ST 6LBS) FULL1.80M (5FT 9IN) 24/06/1992 BACK

JACK INNARD (16ST 6LBS) HOOKER 106KG 1.82M (5FT 11IN)

JOSH IOSEFA-SCOTT 135KG (21ST 2LBS) PROP 1.94M (6FT 4IN)

ORSON JAMES XXKG (XXST) SCRUM- 1.80M (5FT 11IN) 31/05/2004 HALF

DAFYDD JENKINS 117KG (18ST 4LBS) LOCK 2.01M (6FT 6IN)

27/03/2003

20/05/2003

18/12/2001

03/07/1995

14/03/1994

24/11/1998

19/02/2002

16/07/1996

BACKROW

01/09/1994

30/03/1993

05/12/2002

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IWAN JENKINS 82KG (12ST 9LB) FLY1.77M (5FT 8IN) 13/03/2003 HALF

DAN JOHN (13ST 2LBS) CENTRE 84KG 1.80M (5FT 10INS) 04/10/2001 WING

MATT JOHNSON 134KG (21ST 1LBS) PROP 1.92M (6FT 3IN)

SOLOMONE KATA (16ST 3LBS) CENTRE 104KG 1.80M (5FT 10IN)

BILLY KEAST 112KG (17ST 6LBS) PROP 1.84M (6FT)

JAMES KENNY 116KG (18ST 3LBS) PROP 1.84M (6FT)

OLLIE LEATHERBARROW

JACK MAUNDER (13ST 3LBS) SCRUM- 85KG 1.80M (5FT 10IN) 05/04/1997 HALF

SAM MAUNDER (13ST 3LBS) SCRUM- 86KG 1.84M (6FT) 22/03/2000 HALF

CHARLIE MCCAIG (14ST 8LBS) CENTRE 94KG 1.91M (6FT 2IN)

JACOB MORRIS 109KG (17ST 1LBS) PROP 1.82M (5FT 11IN)

MAX NOREY (16ST 3LBS) HOOKER 104KG 1.78M (5FT 10IN)

FRANKIE NOWELL (13ST 8LBS) WING/ 88KG 1.80M (5FT 10IN) CENTRE 22/11/2002

03/12/1994

BACKROW

107KG (16ST 8LBS) 1.85M (6FT 1IN) 08/04/2002

BEN MOON 115KG (18ST 1LBS) PROP 1.80M (5FT 10IN) 14/07/1989

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16/04/2000

21/11/1997

26/05/1999

05/08/1999

BENJY JOSELAND 85KG (13ST 3LBS) WING 1.81M (5FT 9IN) 22/03/2000

JANNES KIRSTEN

LOCK/ BACK-ROW

115KG (18ST 1LBS) 1.96M (6FT 5IN) 01/12/1993

24/01/2003

JACK NOWELL 98KG (15ST 2LBS) WING 1.80M (5FT 11IN)

SEAN O’BRIEN (15ST 9LBS) CENTRE 101KG 1.87M (6FT 1IN)

RORY O’LOUGHLIN (14ST 9LBS) WING/ 95KG 1.89M (6FT 2IN) CENTRE 21/01/1994

ARTHUR RELTON 82KG (12ST 9LBS) WING 1.80M (5FT 11IN)

FIN RICHARDSON 120KG (18ST 8LBS) PROP 1.83M (6FT)

PATRICK SCHICKERLING

JOE SIMMONDS 91KG (14ST 3LBS) FLY1.83M (6FT) 19/12/1996 HALF

SAM SIMMONDS (17ST) BACK- 108KG 1.84M (6FT) 10/11/1994 ROW

HARVEY SKINNER 92KG (14ST 4LBS) FLY1.89M (6FT 2IN) 31/12/1997 HALF

HENRY SLADE (14ST 1LBS) CENTRE 90KG 1.76M (5FT 9IN)

DANNY SOUTHWORTH

MARCUS STREET 119KG (18ST 7LBS) PROP 1.85M (6FT 1IN)

CORY TEAGUE 108KG (17ST) LOCK 1.98M (6FT 6IN)

11/04/1993

17/06/2001

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12/05/1998

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09/11/1999

PROP

120KG (18ST 8LBS) 1.83M (6FT) 16/10/1998

11/10/1995

STU TOWNSEND

SCRUMHALF

89KG (14ST) 1.76M (5FT 9IN) 11/10/1995

LEWIS PEARSON

LOCK / BACK-ROW

PROP

112KG (17ST 6LBS) 1.94M (6FT 4IN) 26/10/1999

116KG (18ST 3LBS) 1.90M (5FT 11IN) 04/05/1999

CHRIST TSHIUNZA

LOCK/ BACK-ROW

114KG (17ST 9LBS) 1.98M (6FT 6IN) 09/01/2002

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RUS TUIMA (19ST 7LBS) BACK- 124KG 1.95M (6FT 5IN) 21/05/2000 ROW

RUBEN VAN HEERDEN 120KG (18ST 8LBS) LOCK 2.00M (6FT 6IN)

JACQUES VERMEULEN (18ST 7LBS) BACK- 119KG 1.95M (6FT 5IN) 08/02/1995 ROW

IAN WHITTEN (16ST 5LBS) CENTRE 105KG 1.89M (6FT 2IN)

HARRY WILLIAMS 126KG (19ST 8LBS) PROP 1.91M (6FT 4IN)

ZACK WIMBUSH (16ST 5LBS) CENTRE 105KG 1.96M (6FT 5IN)

OLLY WOODBURN 100KG (15ST 7LBS) WING 1.88M (6FT 2IN)

TOM WYATT (14ST) CENTRE 89KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN)

01/10/1991

27/10/1997

24/10/2003

18/11/1991

05/06/1987

JACK YEANDLE (17ST 1LBS) HOOKER 109KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN) 22/12/1989

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The home of domestic rugby

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EUROPEAN TESTS AWAIT EXETER FOLLOWING CHAMPIONS CUP DRAW Exeter Chiefs has been drawn against Castres Olympique and the Bulls in Pool A of the 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup. Following the draw at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Rob Baxter’s side now know their opposition for the four pool fixtures, which will take place home and away, during the months of December 2022 and January 2023.

Having been pitted in Tier Four, the Chiefs will now battle it out alongside 11 other teams in Pool A for the top eight spots in order to progress to the Round of 16 stage of the Heineken Champions Cup, with the final being hosted at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on May, 20 2023.

In a landmark decision, EPCR have welcomed four United Rugby Championship sides based in South

Castres, meanwhile, are no strangers to the Chiefs in Europe, the two sides having met back in the 2018/19 season.

The French outfit, who were defeated in the final of the Top 14 this month by Montpellier, narrowly defeated the Chiefs on home soil 29-25, but were well beaten in the return leg at Sandy Park, 34-12.

EPCR will begin to prepare the fixture schedule, with an announcement of exact dates, venues, kickoff times and TV coverage to follow as soon as practicable.

competitions. Stormers, Bulls and Cell C Sharks will

CUP DATES

premier in the Heineken Champions Cup, with Lions

Round 1 – 9/10/11 December 2022

Africa, plus Toyota Free State Cheetahs, into their

and Cheetahs making their first European berth in the Challenge Cup.

Round 2 – 16/17/18 December 2022 Round 3 – 13/14/15 January 2023

In what will be the first encounter between the

Round 4 – 20/21/22 January 2023

sides, the Chiefs will prepare to take on United

Round of 16 – 31 March/ 1/2 April 2023

Rugby Championship runners-up the Bulls in what will be a landmark occasion for both clubs. The Bulls narrowly missed out on the title earlier this month, going down 18-13 to the Stormers, who face London Irish and Montpellier in Pool B.

Quarter-Finals – 7/8/9 April 2023 Semi-Finals – 28/29/30 April 2023 Heineken Champions Cup Final – Saturday 20 May 2023 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin

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LEICESTER TIGERS PREMIERSHIP RUGBY RECORD PLAYED

535

WON

255

DRAWN

20

LOST

260

Founded: 1861 Ground: AJ Bell Stadium, Stadium Way, Eccles, Manchester, M30 7WH Capacity: 12,000 Director Of Rugby: Alex Sanderson Captain: Jono Ross Website: salesharks.com

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HEAD COACH:

STEVE BORTHWICK Born on October 12, 1979 in Carlisle.

Having started out at Preston Grasshoppers RFC, he joined Bath in 1998, making his debut against Saracens in December of that year. He would stay at the club until 2008 and was captain when they lifted the European Challenge Cup in 2007-08.

In 2008, Borthwick joined Premiership rivals Saracens, whom he would help to both English and European title success, before retiring in 2014.

On the international stage, Borthwick was a proven perfomer, winning 57 Test caps between 2001 and 2010. He was also captain of his country.

In December 2015, he was appointed England forwards coach, a position he held until 2019 when it was confirmed he would take over as Leicester’s new head coach for the 2020-21 season.

captain:

HANRO LIEBENBERG Born in Brackenfell, South Africa on October 10, 1995 His senior career started following school when he moved to Pretoria to join the Blue Bulls, following in the footsteps of older brother Wiaan.

He made his Super Rugby debut for the Bulls in 2015 in a defeat against the Hurricanes. - and would stay with the club until 2018, after which he went on short-term deal to Stade Francais.

Liebenberg joined the Tigers ahead of the 2019-20 campaign and has quickly made himself a fans’ favourite at Welford Road. Last season he helped them to lift the Gallagher Premiership title against Saracens.

As well as being appointed Leicester captain for the upcoming season, Liebenberg also captained South Africa U20s in 2015.

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LEICESTER TIGERS Ben Youngs says he is “refreshed and energised” for the start of Leicester Tigers’ Premiership defence after last season’s “emotional rollercoaster”.

He helped Tigers beat Saracens in June’s final two weeks after his sister-in-law Tiffany - wife of brother and team-mate Tom - died.

The scrum-half, 33, was then rested for England’s summer tour of Australia.

“For the first time in a long time I’ve actually got no external weight of the world on my shoulders,” he said. “When you have had a big season and also a rollercoaster in terms of emotions outside of rugby, sometimes you need that time away, that reflection, to regroup and I was able to do that.

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“This year, for the first time in a good few years, my personal life is good, I’ve got nothing going on there and I can fully focus on what I love doing, which is playing rugby.”

Youngs said delivering an 11th English title for the Tigers - a side that only avoided the drop two years earlier after Sarries were relegated for salary cap breaches was also about ensuring his brother Tom had “closure on his career”.

Tom retired from rugby union just weeks before Tiffany passed away.

“To have that moment was something the team wanted to give him,” Youngs said. “It was emotional, of course, for where we had been as a club to where we were in that moment and the two weeks that had been. It was a bit of a blur because of the emotional rollercoaster it had been for the last 11 months of what we had gone through.”

without any international duties has put him in “a better space” before the new season, which starts against Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park today.

“For me now it’s easy for me to say ‘yes, I did need it’,” Youngs said of the time off in pre-season. When you are away [on international duty] and you go and you go, you never have a chance to do that. You are just going because you don’t know any different.

“Now that I’ve had it, I look at myself and I think ‘am I in better physical shape than I was last year? Yeah, I am.

Mentally, am I in better shape than I was last year? Yeah, I am.

“I’ve not had this kind of freedom to really narrow in on what I’m trying to do for a long, long time. Now I’ve got it, I want to make the most out of it. For me, it’s refreshing. I suppose I’m feeling energised and excited and all the right things.”

Youngs, England’s most capped player with 117 appearances, said being afforded a rare summer break

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HEAD 2 HEAD

118 568 59 8 6 13 36 10 5

OLLY WOODBURN

TOTAL CARRIES TOTAL METRES TACKLES MISSED TACKLES TRIES SCORED CLEAN BREAKS DEFENDERS BEATEN OFFLOADS TURNOVERS WON

136 689 143 39 7 19 35 11 8

HARRY POTTER

TOP PERFORMERS TOP CARRIES

TOP METRES TOM O’FLAHERTY STUART HOGG JOSH HODGE

DAVE EWERS

221 - 230 JASPER WIESE

1032

-

879 803 - 750 NEMANI NADOLO

TOM O’FLAHERTY

218 - 184 FREDDIE STEWARD

784

-

JANNES KIRSTEN

166 - 141 NEMANI NADOLO

FREDDIE STEWARD

689

HARRY POTTER

LINEOUTS WON

TOP TACKLES DAVE EWERS JANNES KIRSTEN ALEC HEPBURN

164 - 233 HARRY WELLS 154 - 224 TOMMY REFFELL 146 - 207 JASPER WIESE

SAM SKINNER

28 - 119 HANRO LIEBENBERG

RICHARD CAPSTICK

26 - 57 HARRY WELLS

JANNES KIRSTEN

25 - 56 CALUM GREEN

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NIGEL WALROND SO here we are again, at the start of Exeter Chiefs’ 13th season in the Premiership.

It has been all change at Sandy Park during the

I am sure there was joy in many Chiefs’ supporters

summer, with a rebranding costing hundreds of

hearts when the Tigers beat Saracens in June’s

thousands of pounds, a change to part of the

Twickenham final!

coaching staff, and some familiar faces missing from the Chiefs’ squad after heading for pastures new or retiring.

The question is, will there be a change on the pitch after last season’s disappointing seventh-place finish?

Much of the summer has been spent rebuilding the off-the-field culture that was such a key part to the Chiefs’ success through the past few years, and which was partly destroyed by the restrictions brought about by Covid.

Exeter seem to have been harder hit by the new lower salary cap brought in due to the financial impact of Covid, and while Chiefs have been forced to allow some key members of their squad to depart, some Premiership rivals appear to have gone on a summer spending spree.

It doesn’t feel much like a level playing field that Exeter are entering this season to me, which will only make it even harder to improve on last season’s finishing position.

They could not have been handed a much tougher start to the campaign than a home match against

Steve Borthwick has done a cracking job since taking over, and they will be looking to repeat that success this season.

Much of today’s pre-match talk will revolve around the players who are missing, either through resting up after the summer internationals, injury or recovering from close-season surgery.

The Chiefs could almost put out a whole team of unavailable players.

Once again, they have opted to go down the route of only having one pre-season friendly for their frontline players – last Friday night’s trip to Ulster (though they have had an internal match) – and that lack of preparation in terms of match practice always leaves me feeling uncomfortable.

They looked rusty in their opening game of the season 12 months ago at Welford Road after adopting a similar approach, and I fear a repeat today, but the coaches know what they are doing, and it should be a cracking match with which to start the season.

Enjoy the Game!

last season’s deserving Premiership champions Leicester Tigers.

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DUNNE AND DUSTED NOW IT’S TIME TO REALLY GET GOING JACK DUNNE

CHIEFS NEWCOMER SET FOR BIG KICK-OFF When it comes to standing out in a crowd, Exeter Chiefs newcomer Jack Dunne need not worry too much.

Standing at 6ft 8ins tall, the Irishman is certainly bigger than most.

This weekend, however, he will be looking to make his first big strides into the Gallagher Premiership, locking horns with the defending champions, Leicester Tigers, in what should be a mouth-watering opening day fixture at Sandy Park.

The 23-year-old is one of six new recruits brought to Devon this summer by Director of Rugby, Rob Baxter, who was keen to bolster his ranks following a plethora of departures at the end of last season.

For Dunne, it will be his first taste of rugby away from Dublin, having come through the ranks at Leinster. It’s a challenge, though, the towering forward is clearing relishing.

“I grew up supporting Leinster and for the last four years I’ve played there, so it’s been a big part of my life,” he says. “That said, I felt I needed a change and that’s why I’ve come to the Chiefs.

“Having been here only a few months, I can see it’s a special club and the group of players we have are very together. Not only doing they enjoy working hard, but they play hard as well - and that’s a great mix to have moving forward.”

Within days of his arrival at Sandy Park, Dunne knew his new club would offer a fresh outlook on rugby life.

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‘THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY STARTS FOR ME’ “They didn’t have too many Marines over in Dublin,” he joked. “Training with them, it was just mad - probably one of the hardest thing I’ve done in my life. The benefits, though, are just incredible because it shows you can go to pretty dark places and still come out on the other side.”

Now, Dunne and his fellow Chiefs are hoping to put that hard work into practice, starting with the visit of the champions.

“I think all of us are chomping at the bit to get started,” he said. “We’ve worked hard in pre-season, but there’s no point doing that if you then don’t follow it up afterwards. This will be my first taste of the Premiership, but I can’t wait to get started.

“The challenge you can see is there every week and this will certainly be a baptism of fire first game up. As a player, though, you want to be involved in the big games and this is where it really starts for me and the team.”

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WHO WE ARE

The Exeter Chiefs Foundation is a charity that exists with the sole aim of helping other charities.

All of the money we raise is donated to worthy causes in and around the city with a focus on supporting ‘tangible’ investments.

These have included funding building and renovation works, the installation of play equipment, and assistance with buying a large number of vehicles, ranging from minibuses to a boat for the Topsham Sea Scout Group.

Founded by club Chairman Tony Rowe OBE, the team of trustees is drawn from the Chiefs board of directors and the business community.

As well as deciding on how the charity’s money is shared, the trustees organise a number of fundraising events each year including the prestigious Devon Sports Awards, as well as pre-season and end of season gala dinners.

All charities in the greater Exeter area are able to apply for funds, either from an annual designated pot of money, or one-off donations (see more below).

The amounts awarded by the trustees range from a few hundred pounds, to a record £50,000 which was matched by the Exeter Summer Property Ball Committee and presented to Hospiscare to pay for the vital refurbishment of a 12-bed ward at Searle House in Exeter.

To date the Foundation has raised £2m.

OUR MISSION

“We are a fundraising organisation committed to improving the prosperity of the communities we serve by making donations that make people’s lives better.”

HOW THE CHARITY WORKS

The Exeter Chiefs Foundation raises funds in two ways: 1) Designated funds: This is the money generated on Exeter Chiefs match days through bucket donations and car parking. Each season we ‘adopt’ 20 charities who help to collect spare change and notes. At the end of the fundraising year, the cash is shared with our designated charities at a celebratory dinner. The list of charities is reviewed by the trustees annually.

2) Undesignated funds: These are funds that are generated by friends and supporters of the charity or any non-match related events organised by the Foundation. This money goes into a separate pot that any charity or organisation can apply for, at any time.

In January 2019, the Foundation received a record £350,000 non-designated donation following the fine imposed on Saracens after being found guilty of breaching the league’s stringent salary cap regulations. The Chiefs board of directors voted unanimously to hand over the club’s share of money.

EXETERCHIEFSFOUNDATION.ORG.UK

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CHARITIES SET TO BENEFIT FROM EXETER CHIEFS FOUNDATION THIS SEASON ARE CONFIRMED Charities across Exeter and its surrounding area are set to benefit from the fundraising efforts of the Exeter Chiefs Foundation during the course of the 2022/23 season.

Ambulance, Devon Rape and Sexual Abuse Services, Dream-A-Way, Exeter & East Devon Motor Neurone Disease Association, Exeter Athletic RFC, Exeter Community Initiatives, Exeter Dementia Action Alliance, Exeter Chiefs DSA, Exeter Food Action, Exeter Leukemia Fund, Exeter Lions Club, Force Cancer Charity, Freedomwheelers, Its In The Bag Cancer Support, Jay’s Aim, Living Options Devon, RAMM, RD&E NHS Trust, Royal Marines Charity, See The Future, South West MS Centre, Stanley Beau Foundation, Vranch House, Westcountry Hawks Wheelchair Rugby, Wooden Spoon Devon and Yoga for the Front Line – will all benefit from fundraising events and dinners across the year, together with collections at all Sandy Park match-days.

Exeter Foundation chairman, Tony Rowe OBE, said: “Every year we are seeing the Foundation grow in stature. The work it has done for all the charities since we launched it all those years has been simply fantastic.

“We know from speaking to all the charities involved that the funds we raise really do make a difference in so many ways.”

DESIGNATED CHARITIES

Established back in 2011 by the Exeter Chiefs and a selected group of local businessmen to help promote the local community and the vision of people who work there, the Exeter Chiefs Foundation has helped to not only transform the lives of many local people in need, but has helped to deliver significant investment to charities and organisations in need.

With over £2.5 million raised since its inception, the Exeter Foundation has helped to directly fund over 150 charities and organisations, including the designated charities selected each year and several other projects and schemes.

Last season close to £200,000 was raised and distributed by the Exeter Chiefs Foundation, helping to change lives and improve standards and facilities for so many different people.

During the 2022/23 season, a total of 32 charities – Age UK Exeter, Balloons, Brain Tumour Support, Children’s Hospice South West, Community Equality Disability Action, Dartmoor Search & Rescue, Devon Air

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TBC

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4

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11

TBC

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SALE SHARKS

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20

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2022/23 woMEN’S SQUAD MAISY ALLEN (11ST) BACK- 70KG 1.64M (5FT 4IN) ROW 21/09/2001

BROOKE BRADLEY (9ST 2LBS) SCRUM 58KG 1.60M (5FT 2IN) HALF 21/01/1999

MERRYN DOIDGE 68KG (10ST 7LBS) FULL1.75M (5FT 7IN) BACK 02/12/2000

NICHOLA FRYDAY 83KG (13ST 1LBS) LOCK 1.80M (5FT 9IN)

CHARLOTTE GALE 102KG (16ST) PROP 1.76M (5FT 8IN)

GABBY GOWER 73KG (11ST 5LBS) WING 1.52M (5FT)

GEORGIE GRIMES 97KG (15ST 2LBS) PROP 1.72M (5FT 6IN)

LIZZIE HANLON (13ST 2LBS) HOOKER 88KG 1.68M (5FT 5IN)

ISABELLA HARTLEY XXKG (XXST XLBS) BACK- 1.70M (5FT 5IN) ROW 16/12/2003

EBONY JEFFERIES (12ST 1LBS) BACK- 77KG 1.72M (5FT 6IN ) ROW 21/07/1993

POPPY LEITCH 76KG (11ST 9LBS) LOCK 1.72M (5FT 6IN)

CLAUDIA MACDONALD

07/07/2004

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23/05/2000

14/07/2001

04/07/1999

02/06/1995

30/07/2001

BACKROW

65KG (10ST 3LBS) 1.72M (5FT 6IN) 04/01/1996

NANCY MCGILLIVRAY (12ST 3LBS) CENTRE 78KG 1.75M (5FT 7IN)

LIV MCGOVERNE (12ST 1LBS) CENTRE 76KG 1.74M (5FT 7IN)

EDEL MCMAHON (14ST 2LBS) BACK- 90KG 1.64M (5FT 4IN) 25/03/1994 ROW

ABBY MIDDLEBROOKE 80KG (12ST 6LBS) PROP 1.72M (5FT 6IN)

CLIODHA MOLONEY (12ST 6LBS) HOOKER 80KG 1.72M (5FT 6IN)

CLARA NIELSON (11ST 4LBS) HOOKER 72KG 1.62M (5FT 3IN)

DANIELLE PREECE (11ST 2LBS) CENTRE 70KG 1.75M (5FT 7IN)

MICHAELLA ROBERTS

FLO ROBINSON (10ST) HALF- 64KG 1.72M (5FT 6IN) 04/10/2001 BACK

LAURA SHEEHAN 65KG (10ST 2LBS) WING 1.62M (5FT 3IN)

LINDE VAN DER VELDEN

EVIE WALKER 65KG (10ST 1LBS) WING 1.80M (5FT 9IN)

MILLIE WHITEHOUSE (11ST) HOOKER 70KG 1.62M (5FT 3IN)

CHARLIE WILLETT 73KG (11ST 4LBS) LOCK 1.72M (5FT 6IN)

CHARLIE WOODMAN 70KG (11ST) WING 1.82M (5FT 10IN)

15/11/2002

31/05/1993

01/09/2002

02/06/1997

22/10/1992

24/09/1993

03/01/1995

16/08/2004

BACKROW

92KG (14ST 4LBS) 1.85M (6FT) 20/02/1995

25/03/1997

13/05/2002

PROP

94KG (14ST 8LBS) 1.72M (5FT 6IN) 25/10/1997

18/05/2004

JOSIE PLANT 84KG (13ST 2__LBS) LOCK 1.78M (5FT 8IN) 25/01/2005

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With school out for youngsters across the South West, the Exeter Chiefs Community department were hard at work in the summer heat hosting a number of camps across the region.

In what proved a record-breaking period for the department, Community Chiefs provided expert coaching to over 650 children across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.

The hugely popular ‘Train Like a Chief’ camps are developed and designed by our team of professional coaches and use the most up to date techniques.

Campers not only learn the basic elements of the game, but at the same time they get the chance to improve their skill set in a range of activities and match-like scenarios.

As always, the key focus for the Chiefs’ Community team is on encouraging and inspiring young players to become the best they can be and to reach their full potential.

Aron Struminski, Community Development Manager for the Community Chiefs, said: “It has been a fantastic summer period for us, one in which we were able to go out to all parts of the region and deliver some fantastic training camps for young players.

“To have record numbers shows there is a huge demand for camps like ours and we are already busy planning for the next set, which will take place in the upcoming half-term.

“As coaches, it’s great to see the young children playing with smiles on their faces but, more importantly, improving their rugby skills in a fun and all-inclusive environment.”

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